The problem with replicated cache is that it leaves a small window where the other nodes do not have the data which is under replication. If I get a request on these other nodes for that data then I cannot process them.
In case of a partitioned cache, each node will be responsible to process specific data from the cache. So the inconsistency window will not be present although it will definitely add to the performance.

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